I need to clarify, this article covers developers and applications using location data, but it’s a similar problem. The carries sell it, too, and the third party companies that harvest it sell it to people like bail bondsmen and skip tracers, for example.
-D > On May 18, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Not to burst your bubble, Allan, but mobile phone carriers have been selling > off our location data to third parties for years. It’s a huge revenue stream > for them. That’s starting to change, but they’ll go kicking and screaming in > the process. > > This is a bit of a long read, but I would encourage anyone with a cellular > phone to read it and ponder the facts. > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html > > <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html> > > -D > >> On May 18, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> From a practical standpoint, a sizable number of people do not have a >> smartphone, especially in the population most vulnerable. Mobile phone >> carriers are private companies and say they will not turn over >> personally identifiable location data to the government without a >> warrant. The idea that people might be asked to carry something the >> equivalent of an ankle bracelet like a person on house arrest is a >> non-starter. >> >> Allan >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
